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Date: | Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:23:06 -0500 |
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Chris Bartram wrote:
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> This used to be a common method of "stealing" passwords. Write a simple
> program that opened a terminal device, write a prompt that looks legit, then
> wait for someone to enter their logon info and passwords... after which, the
> program would record them somewhere, and terminate with some sort of a system
> error message like the one you quoted.
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> We used to see this on school systems from time to time... Hope that's not
> what you're encountering however!
With dynamic assignment of ldevs to DTC ports it's pretty hard.:-)
However, if nailed devices are used, I believe your quite right.
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> -Chris (remove nospam) Bartram
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